Constriction rings

Definition

A condition caused by entangling of fibrous bands of the amniotic sac around a developing fetus. This condition may present with circular indentation around a digit or limb, swelling, restriction of the lymphatic or venous flow, limb development defects, or in utero amputation.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Syndromes with limb anomalies as a major feature

• LD26.0Combined reduction defects of upper and lower limbs
• LD26.1Complex brachydactylies
• LD26.2Syndromes with limb duplication, polydactyly, syndactyly or triphalangism
• LD26.3Syndromes with synostoses of limbs
• LD26.4Arthrogryposis syndromes
• LD26.6Congenital vascular bone syndromes
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified